KAZAKH, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MARK BAIKONUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY
By empty (6/2/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev attended a ceremony on 2 June at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to mark that facility\'s 50th anniversary. In remarks at the ceremony, Putin thanked Nazarbaev for \"a principled, far-sighted policy\" that will permit Russia to lease the launch facility until 2050. The two also laid the cornerstone for the planned Baiterek space center, \"Kazakhstan Today\" reported.Visit also
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